Garment-supporting device.



` y PATENTBD 1330.5, 1905.

l G. P. STOKES.

verARMElxVI? SUPPORTING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27a 1905.

` @Za/e266 UNITED. STATES PATENT OEEIGE.

CHARLES F. STOKES, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM B. MATTHEWS, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. v

eAnMENT-SUPPQRTING plavlcl.

' To a/ZZ whom tim/ay concern: Y

Be -itknown'that I, CHARLES F. STORES, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Wash ington, District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Crarment-Supporting Devices; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as `will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make' and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in garment-supporting devices; andthe object of the invention is to produce a simple and efficient device adapted to sup- '.port hose and Various other articles to connect the lower ends of short drawers to hose, affording means for fastening surgical appliances', such as trusses, 85o., and comprises, essentially, a single piece or pieces of webbing carrying at corresponding ends a button about which a fold of an article to be supported is held by a `loop which is fastened'to the other end of the webbing, the two fastening ends being connected together, preferably, by a 'single piece of webbing.

The invention consists, further, in various details of construction and in combinations and arrangements of parts, which will be here- Fig-5 is a face view showi-ng a different form tof construction, and Flg. 6 1s a sectional view longitudinally through Fig. 5.

Reference now being had to the ldetails of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a piece of webbing, which maybe either elastic or otherwise, and each end of said webbing is bent upon itself, forming a loop to which a buckle A is fastened, carrying a button D, a

' detail sectional View of the preferred form of Specification of Letters Patent.- y.application inea June 27, 1905. 'serial No. 267,276.

of stitchings Q3.

Patented Dec. 5, 1905.

my invention being shown in Figs. 3 and 5 two loops K', and the ends pf said webbing K are folded one against the other, as shown clearly in Fig. 3 of the drawings, and held by means of stitchings N near the middle portion .of the webbing A. Stitchings O are formed in the two folds of the webbing K and conne thek loops E in th`e manner shown in the drawings. Each loop E is of suliicient length so that its outer end will engage the shank portion of a button D, which latter cooperates with the loop E to hold and engage a fold of argarment to be held by the device in the usual manner. By this construction it will be observed that the webbing K will be reinforced by means of the stitchings and equally distribute the strain coming upon the ends of the device. Y'

In Fig. 4 of the drawings I have shown a slight modification in which I provide two pieces of webbing Ax, each of which has its outer end bent upon itself and has fastened thereto a button D and a loop E, and the inner end of-each of said webbings AX is bent upon itself and held, by means of stitchings Ay, to the intermediate exible strap B, and the loop E is fastened, by means of stitchings E", to a fold formed at the inner end of vthe piece of webbing A".

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown a still different modification of m'yinvention in which the three pieces of webbing` (designated by letters Q, Q', and Q2) are provided, said webbing Q having its ends bent upon themselves and interlocked with the inner ends of the webbings Q' and Q?, which are similarly constructed. The two interlocked ends of the webbing Q are held to the webbings Q and Q2 by means In this form the usual buttons D and loops E are fastened in the manner shown and described.

From the foregoing it will be observed ythat a simple and eficient means is provided for supporting garments of various kinds and so arranged that it `may be quickly and easily applied forV supporting hose, napkins, and other articles and` also affording a simple, durable. and inexpensive hygienic device which may be utilized without constricting the leg of' the wearery when used as a hosesupport.

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designed to cooperate with said buttons to engage and hold an article to be supported, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses. I5

CHARLES F. STOKES.

Witnesses: A. L. HoUGI-I,` R. A. BosWELL. 

